Installing Active Directory on standalone server

Please help i feel such a fool...have an evaluation
licence that i got with the training manual but have
problems trying to install AD. The server is standalone
with no network connections but receive errors that there
is no network connection, surely you can install AD with
a standalone server for training purposes..no mention in
Microsoft training manual that you need 2 servers
attached. Many thanks

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"Bri" <> wrote in message
news:9aeb01c43416$b6fe23d0$...
> Please help i feel such a fool...have an evaluation
> licence that i got with the training manual but have
> problems trying to install AD. The server is standalone
> with no network connections but receive errors that there
> is no network connection, surely you can install AD with
> a standalone server for training purposes..no mention in
> Microsoft training manual that you need 2 servers
> attached. Many thanks
>

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A network connection is required. The good news is that you can just install
the Microsoft Loopback adapter using the add hardware wizard. This functions
as a software NIC.

"Bri" <> wrote in message
news:9aeb01c43416$b6fe23d0$...
> Please help i feel such a fool...have an evaluation
> licence that i got with the training manual but have
> problems trying to install AD. The server is standalone
> with no network connections but receive errors that there
> is no network connection, surely you can install AD with
> a standalone server for training purposes..no mention in
> Microsoft training manual that you need 2 servers
> attached. Many thanks
>
> Bri

But one caveat: If you install AD without internet
connectivity, it will configure the server as a ROOT DNS
SERVER. You would be unable to resolve any names other
than on your local network. Also, if it is possible, you
should have your server networked with a workstation.
That way you will be able to test your server setups
through an actual client. Regards.
>-----Original Message-----
>A network connection is required. The good news is that
you can just install
>the Microsoft Loopback adapter using the add hardware
wizard. This functions
>as a software NIC.
>
>"Bri" <> wrote in
message
>news:9aeb01c43416$b6fe23d0$...
>> Please help i feel such a fool...have an evaluation
>> licence that i got with the training manual but have
>> problems trying to install AD. The server is standalone
>> with no network connections but receive errors that
there
>> is no network connection, surely you can install AD
with
>> a standalone server for training purposes..no mention
in
>> Microsoft training manual that you need 2 servers
>> attached. Many thanks
>>
>> Bri
>
>
>.
>

"Ron" <> wrote in news:9d1c01c43432
$fef27c10$:
> But one caveat: If you install AD without internet
> connectivity, it will configure the server as a ROOT DNS
> SERVER. You would be unable to resolve any names other
> than on your local network. Also, if it is possible, you
> should have your server networked with a workstation.
> That way you will be able to test your server setups
> through an actual client. Regards.

further to this, if you are not connected to the internet, you may not
need to resolve non-local DNS names. but if you do create it (AD) while
not connect to the Internet and want to connect later, delete teh "."
zone on your DNS server and bob's your uncle...

"Bri" <> wrote in news:9aeb01c43416
$b6fe23d0$:
> Please help i feel such a fool...have an evaluation
> licence that i got with the training manual but have
> problems trying to install AD. The server is standalone
> with no network connections but receive errors that there
> is no network connection, surely you can install AD with
> a standalone server for training purposes..no mention in
> Microsoft training manual that you need 2 servers
> attached. Many thanks
>
> Bri
>

get a NIC connected it to a hub, that should set you back what $50? now
spend a bit more money and get a copy of vmware or VPC and build you
network in a box. it's nice to test things but it's better to test a
bunch of things....

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